Day Off

Remember the first time you moshed with A$AP Rocky? Raised a glass to Juicy J? Caught a contact from Danny Brown? Fool’s Gold’s annual DAY OFF extravaganza is the place where party legends are made, featuring a Who’s Who of new school kings and underground heroes from hip-hop, dance and beyond. The 2014 edition kicks off in NYC on Labor Day before hitting Toronto, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Miami.

Festival Stages

From HARD and Electric Zoo to Camp Bisco and beyond, Fool’s Gold has raised the bar at some of the world’s biggest outdoor raves and music festivals with dedicated label stages featuring body-moving sets from FG’s finest home-grown talent and extended fam (not to mention a healthy dose of fireworks, confetti cannons and Co2) in front of thousands of party people around the globe.

Gold Gone Wild

From conquering festivals to staging home invasions, you might think FG would be getting a little tired of partying by now. YOU THOUGHT WRONG! Gold Gone Wild is our annual club tour, headlined by the label’s finest alongside some very special surprise guests. Bringing Fool’s Gold flavor and non-stop musical heat to a town near you… that’s just what we do!

We celebrated our seven year anniversary in style, bringing in Master P to rock alongside an all-fam edition of Just Blaze’s weekly “House Party” bash at Webster Hall in NYC. A-Trak played master of ceremonies while the No Limit general rocked alongside JB and “House Party” co-pilot DJ Soul, Fame School (rolling extra deep with Manolo Rose and many more) hometown club kings Nick Catchdubs and Brenmar (joined on the mic by Jersey’s Dougie F), MTL’s own Shash’U and party people galore.

Our first ever Atlanta DAY OFF was start to finish party insanity. Danny Brown and Travi$ Scott? TI and Young Thug? Low Pros and damn near every awesome young ATL rapper in the game? If u guessed it… u was motherfuggin right. Watch our official recap vid for a lil snapshot of the vibes.

Whenever Fool’s Gold touches down in Cali, you know we have to make it EXTRA extra! The ’14 edition of DAY OFF Los Angeles was our craziest show yet, featuring uber-hype sets from Danny Brown, Vic Mensa (in his LA debut!), Travi$ Scott, gLAdiator, Kurupt, Hoodboi, Nick Catchdubs and Kittens, not to mention a very rare Invisibl Skratch Piklz reunion and surprise guest spots from Fredo Santana, Rome Fortune, and Big Sean. WHOA!

Oh Canada! We threw our first ever international DAY OFF right in the heart of Toronto, bringing the turn up to Muzik Pool Bar with Danny Brown, A-Trak (accompanied by hometown OVO hero P. Reign), Lunice, Le1f, Tommy Kruise, Thugli, Nick Catchdubs, High Klassified and Sleepy Tom. If you were there, you got to share something special (big shout out to the kid who smuggled in Cool Ranch Doritos to give to Danny onstage during “Monopoly”).

The third time’s a charm when it comes to ravin’ on a cruise ship… Duck Sauce, Chromeo, A-Trak, Flosstradamus, Oliver, RL Grime, Just Blaze, Dillon Francis, Baauer and many more friends and fam partied all weekend from boat to beach and beyond, including the most epic Fool’s Gold Rap Party yet, featuring special guest Pharrell!

We skipped the North Pole and went straight to Chiraq, flying Young Chop and friends to Westway to rock a set of high-grade turn-uppables alongside 100s (in a very festive head-to-toe red ensemble) and NYC’s finest Nick Catchdubs, Ni– Sky and DJ Wonder on the 1s and 2s all night.

The last Day Off of 2013 was our best yet, headlined by Miami mayor Trick Daddy and featuring sets from A-Trak, Flosstradamus, Dave 1 of Chromeo, Young Thug, Brenmar, Nick Catchdubs, Damaged Goods, Eskeerdo, and very special guests Danny Brown and Travi$ Scott.

We brought Day Off to the Rockies for our first ever Colorado edition, packing the Balch Fieldhouse at CU Boulder with all manner of of party people getting down to the sweet, sweet sounds of A-Trak, Danny Brown, Carnage, Casey Veggies, Nick Catchdubs and gLAdiator.

Brooklyn! We brought Day Off back home with our biggest party yet: Duck Sauce, Danny Brown, A$AP Ferg (and Rocky and the rest of the Mob), Migos, Run The Jewels, Unibros (aka A-Trak and Boys Noize) with special guest Mykki Blanco, World’s Fair, GrandeMarshall, Nick Catchdubs, #Been#Trill with special guest Travis $cott, Party Supplies, and the big homie Action Bronson.

A Fool’s Gold festival stage at the Capitol Hill Block party: the illest Seattle team up since Temple Of The Dog? We gave you A-Trak and Run The Jewels on the mainstage, and an afterparty with Nick Catchdubs, Sleepy Tom, and hometown hero Four Color Zack. Hungraaaay eeh ayyy!

We kicked off another year of all-singing, all-dancing partytimes deep in the woods of Michigan. A-Trak, Danny Brown, Flosstradamus, Oliver, Just Blaze, Craze, Nick Catchdubs, Treasure Fingers and Party Supplies on the same stage? It’s electric! Boogie woogie woogie.

Return 2 Texas! Peep our official SXSW showcase, our after-hours bash with A$AP Yams at the Illmore, the mega-label Super Party team-up with Mad Decent and Check Yo Ponytail, and more (including Danny Brown proudly accepting an mtvU Video Of The Year Woodie!)

We celebrated the holiday season once again with our friends at LTD+ and a gang of New York City’s finest party people. Danny Brown and GrandeMarshall brought the raps, DJ Mustard (on the beat hoe!), Just Blaze and Nick Catchdubs held it down on the 1s and 2s, the whole A$AP Mob was in effect, and it was another festive notch in the FG events belt.

Lock your liquor cabinets! A-Trak, Flosstradamus and Donnis hit the road for our first ever Fool’s Gold House Party Tour. Yes, it was in actual houses. Yes, it was batshit insane. Check out the recap videos and photogalleries to see all the madness that went down in basements, frats, and bowling alleys across America.

FG’s annual, free DAY OFF bash was once again NYC’s party of the year, a wild-out extravaganza for FG fans of all ages. Check what went down with Danny Brown, Brothers Macklovitch, Just Blaze, Flosstradamus, Flatbush Zombies and many more impossible-to-miss acts.

Georgia got housed when the Fool’s Gold Festival Stage hit CounterPoint this summer with A-Trak, Treasure Fingers, Oliver and Nick Catchdubs doing their thing on the 1s and 2s, and Donnis MCing through the night. Plus: a ferris wheel!

We threw down FG style in the Netherlands with our own stage at Mysteryland, featuring A-Trak, Tiga, Fake Blood, Riton, Nobody Beats The Drum, Rogerseventytwo and NT89. (There was also a giant teddy bear.)

For the third year running we were back at Grand Central for WMC / Ultra / Miami Music Watchamacalit, with fam + friends making you dance: “DJ Canada,” Jacques Lu Cont, Just Blaze, Congorock, Treasure Fingers, Style Of Eye, LA Riots, Flosstradamus, Jokers Of The Scene, Nick Catchdubs, Fifteenth and surprise guests Annie Mac and Vega (not to mention the Peachfuzz crew keeping it live upstairs with Craze, DJ Soul and other guests). Musics!

We ran through Austin for two mega parties during SXSW: a label showcase at the brand new Beauty Ballroom, and a team-up Super Party with Mad Decent and Check Yo Ponytail that took over BB as well as the giant Emo’s East down the street. From A$AP (and Sammy Bananas!) stagedives to A-Trak’s big-room scratchery… shit got live!

The Fool’s Gold crew set sail aboard the maiden voyage of Holy Ship! and brought a dose of BK swag to the high seas rave – from the Fool’s Gold Rap Party to Danny Brown’s solo set to A-Trak’s DJ lessons and main-stage antics (including a DJ hero conga line!)

The 2011 edition of our Holiday Party was a hyperactive affair featuring DJ sets from OG Ron C, Just Blaze, The Brothers Macklovitch and Nick Catchdubs, Danny Brown in formalwear, and moshing A$APs galore. Deck the halls…

We trippy mane! Our second annual DAY OFF was even crazier than the first, with Juicy J, Danny Brown, the Brothers Macklovitch (A-Trak and Dave1), Just Blaze, Cubic Zirconia, Party Supplies, Nick Catchdubs and very special guests ASAP Rocky and DJ Mehdi joining the festivities.

On the eve of Danny Brown’s XXX release, we were all up in the ALIFE backyard celebrating with some of NYC’s finest. Danny, A$AP Rocky (his first show!) and Nick Catchdubs performed to a packed sweatbox crowd, and we whipped up a limited-edition tee with ALIFE to commemorate it.

Like Jeezy said, “come shop wit me”… Tons of friends, fam and fans hit the opening of the FG retail store in Brooklyn, then headed over the bridge to an afterparty with A-Trak, Nick Catchdubs and host Danny Brown to celebrate our new collab with Members Only.

They moved “WMC,” but we still brought the party like we always do at this time, going all night at Grand Central with A-Trak, Kenny Dope, Riva Starr, Just Blaze, Treasure Fingers, Congorock, LA Riots, Jokers Of The Scene, Nacho Lovers, Kingdom, Nick Catchdubs, Sammy Bananas, Mr Goldbar, thousands of party people, millions of glowing LEDs, logo stickers errrwhere…

Without a doubt, THE place to be Ultra weekend was our afternoon B2B DJ bro sesh at the Standard in Miami, with A-Trak, Craze, Busy P, DJ Mehdi, Brodinski, Nick Catchdubs, Dave Nada, and Mike B playing their rap favorites (tunnel bangers, g-funk classics, Mmmaybach Music) for all the party people and bathing beauties down by the water.

We packed the Palm Door in Austin once more for our official SXSW showcase with A-Trak, Donnis, Cubic Zirconia, Danny Brown, The Suzan, AraabMuzik, Kingdom, Telephoned, Party Supplies and Nick Catchdubs on the decks between acts all night.

We partied across North America in honor of the Fool’s Gold Vol 1 compilation. Treasure Fingers, Congorock, LA Riots, Jokers Of The Scene, Nacho Lovers, Kingdom, Nick Catchdubs, Sammy Bananas and Telephoned teamed up from city to city, along with special guests Just Blaze and host-with-the-most Kid Sister.

We got together with LTD once again to spread cheer with our friends and fam Mannie Fresh, Just Blaze, the Brothers Macklovitch (A-Trak and Dave1) and Sammy Bananas. Drake even popped in to wish everyone a Happy Chanukah. L’chaim!

We celebrated three amazing years of label-dom by closing out Pitchfork’s #Offline festival at Brooklyn Bowl with A-Trak, Treasure Fingers, Donnis, The Suzan, Kingdom and special guests CyHi Da Prynce, Araabmuzik, and some Kanye West fellow who might become a big star one day.

Duck Sauce @ EDC

Another Miami takeover, where Duck Sauce made their triumphant live DJ debut, DJ Sneak, Just Blaze and (surprise surprise) Laidback Luke rocked guest sets, and the whole FG DJ family put it down like never before all night at brand-new venue Grand Central in downtown Miami.

An Austin two-parter: Texas Takeover at Republic Live (featuring the debut of Travis x A-Trak), and the official FG SXSW Showcase at Malverde. Sets from the whole fam and special guests Theophilus London and The Cool Kids.

A festivus for the rest of us, with an all-house set from Just Blaze, dancehall vibes courtesy Max Glazer, and FG favorites from the Brothers Macklovitch and Nick Catchdubs, all going down in the middle of an NYC blizzard.

We took over White Room in downtown Miami once again, a waaaaaay late night affair with all the FG DJs in effect and guests Steve Aoki, DJ Mehdi, a rare Annie Mac x Fake Blood tag team, and hometown hero Craze.

In what has become a new family tradition, our seasonal jam featured sets from DJ Premier, Cipha Sounds, The Brothers Macklovitch, Sammy Bananas and Nick Catchdubs, all on a DJ booth made of Pepsi cans.

We celebrate the label’s birthday every year during CMJ, where we had our debut label showcase in NYC. The first anniversary party packed out Webster Hall with the whole family, a lotta bass, and even more cake and champagne.

The one that started it all! Our first label tour featured A-Trak, Kid Sister and The Cool Kids with bonus Frenchmen Kavinsky and DJ Mehdi and a smattering of special guests as always. From Pop Montreal to CMJ to a sold-out Roxy in LA, we let the world know what we had in store…